Child&#39;s waist.



T. ROSiNBAUM.

GHILDS WAIST.

APPLiCATlON mzo DEC.23.19S4.

Patented Jan. 4, 1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET X.

INVENTOR HLe, finsenbamm W/ Tia/E8858 BY fi BQ/O ATTORNEYS -strap portions 11 and TILLEE BQSENBAUH, F YORK. N. P.

C S WAIST.

Application filed December as, 1914. Serial no. erases.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it lmown that I, TILLIE Rossnnann.

a citizen of the United States, and a resident,

of the city of hlew York, borough ofManhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented it new and Improved Childs lVaist, of which the following is a lull, clear, and exact description.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are: To provide a waist of the character mentioned with suspension meinhers expansihle to accom1nodate the growth of the wearer; to provide garment-supporting members constructed nod: arranged to relieve the body of the wearer from the carrying or supporting strains; to provide a-garment of the character mentioned employing shoulder-straps with adjustment devices for retaining said straps in service position on the body of the wearer; to provide auxiliary supports or re tainers for preventing disadjustment of the shoulder-straps of under-nests or similar garments; to'provide means for attaching stocking supporters on said garment; and to" provide a garment of the character lnentioned which may be readily la-undried.

Dmzrngs-F in accordance with the said waist being shown in service Fig. 2 is a view of the same, showing the waist in its outspread. partly disconnected condition; Fig. 3 is a detail view, on an en larged scale. in section. the section being taken on the line 3-3 in Fig. 1: Fig. at is a detail view in section and on an enlarged scale. the section being taken as on the line H in Fig. 2: Fig. 5 is a detail view. on an enlarged scale, in section. the section being taken as on the line in Fig. 9..

Desoripfiom-As seen in the drawings, the waist body is reinforced by overlaid 12. The strap portions 11, as seen best in Fig. 2 of the drawcondition ings, are incorporated in the back panel of Specification of Letters Eetent.

igure 1 is a perspective. view of a must constructed and arranged present invention,

there are provided of the. connecting'strap is to "or lifting the shoulder on 'Whi Patented Jan. i, into.

2 of the drawings, are shaped to pass dver the shoulders of the child wearing-the garment, to restthereon in a natural, comforta le manner. The free ends of the shoulderstraps 13 areprovided with fasteners 11,

which, in the preferred form as shown in the drawings, are of the glov The female 'or covered portions are employed at this end of the shoulder-straps 13, while the male or studded portions 15 are disposed in serial arrangementata point removed from the ends o1 said straps. as seen best in Fig. :2 of the drawings. free ends of the straps, in service, are passed through slots or openings 16, with which the garment is provided, the openings 16 being preferably formed the stinp portions 12. After being passed through the openings 16, the ends of the strap portions 13 are turned back to register the fasteners 14 and the studded portions 15 thereof. The adjust ment of the fasteners tions 15 depends upon the size of the straps13 are thus secured, the body of the garment, and particularly the belt li pro vided thereon for the attachment of the button fasteners 18, is supported directly upon the combined straps 11,. 12 and 13, which in service assume the shape of, and operate in a manner similar to, congentional garmenbsupporting suspenders.

o maintain the shoulder straps 13 in position on the shoulders of the wearer, adjustable connecting strap sections 19. As shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the sectionsl. are furnished with a series of fastener studs :20, with which the female or covered fastener portion 21, may be united, said fastener porti hn 21 being ad justed to accommodate the size of the child The connecting strap formed by the sec tions 19 is disposed as higlron the person of the wearer as convenient. The pin-pose prevent the sliding of the shoulderstraps normal service position on the the wearer. When the shoulder-straps of a garment become disadjusted, the eflect upon, the wearer objectionable,

sation of looseness and to the conscious or due to the sen- 1 -f astcner type.

The

13 from the shoulders of unconscious efiort toreadjust or return the straps to the correct wearing position; This action is usually performed by shrugging h the loosened ject.

strap is disposed. Another discomfort experienced by wearers of garments Where the shoulder-straps are permitted to fall therefrom, is that the wearer, to accommodate the position of the straps, permits the shoulders to drop, resulting in insensibly adapting; the form to such a posture. The above objection noted with reference to the sliding or disadjust'ment of the shoulder-straps 13 is equally objectionable when considered in the light of the similar action to Which shoulder-straps of under-garments are sub- To prevent the disadjustment of the shoulder-straps of the under-garments there are provided retaining loop straps 22, best seen in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The straps 22 areof suitable'length, and each is securely attached to the shoulder-straps 13 intermediate their ends and preferably at one edge thereof.- The free end of each loop strap 22 is furnished with a button 23, While the shouldenstraps 13 are furnished at the edges thereofopposite those to which the straps 22 are attached, with buttonholes 24 to receive the buttons 23. When each of the huttens 23 is fastened in the huttonhole 24,

' the strap 22 forms a loop. The strap 22 is passed under, the shouldenstrap of the under-vest prior to being buttoned in servit is obvious that'when thus. arranged,

22 effectively restrain the of the under-vest from fallthe shoulice. the loop straps shoulder-straps ing downward uponv or from off ders of the wearer.

Conventionally disposed, and preferably attached directly to the belt 17, are, pendent loops. 25. Said pendent loops are provided to receive, in service, the ends of elastic or other tabs embodied in stocking supporters.

, Any convenient form of attachment for securing the loops 25 and said tabs may be emloved.

While 1 ferred construction as have abovn described the preemploying the, openings 16 formed in the'lstrap portions 12, I

ings 16 may be replaced by planted upon or otherwise. secured to said have it. understood that the openstrap-loops Wish to strap portions 12. This modificationis so obvious that it has been thought best not to include the same in the drawings, as the addition thereof-Would only serve to complicate the disclosure. Also, it will be understood-that whiie li have herein shown the invention as applied to what may be termed a said shoulder-straps; and a messes erative pairs; a plurality of shoulder-straps,

one end of each shoulder-strap being permanently attached to the upper end of one member of each of said pairs of suspender straps; a plurality of fasteners on. said shoulder-straps adjacent the free ends thereof, said fasteners being arranged in series for forming .loops adjustable for varying the service length of said sl1oulder straps; means on the other member of each of said pairs of suspendcr straps for operatively engaging the loops formed at the free ends of plurality of normally-open, collapsible loops mounted on said shoulder-straps for engaging the shoulder-straps of a nether garment.

2. A Waist as characterized, comprising a plurality of vertically-disposed suspender straps, said straps being arranged in cooperative pairs; at pluralityof shoulder-straps, one end of each shoulder-strap being permanently attached to the upper end of one member of each of said pairs of Suspender straps; a plurality of fasteners on said shoulder-straps adjacent the free'ends thereof, said fasteners being arranged in series for forming loops adjustable for varying the service length of said shoulder straps; means on the other member of each of said pairs of suspender straps for operatively engaging the loops formed at the free ends of said shoulder-straps; a plurality of short loop members permanently secured at the being passed under and around the shoulder straps of a nether garment.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

TILLIE nossusauiu.

Witnesses CHARLES Cor-m, JOHN HAMILTON. 

